Many parents are grateful for iPads that serve as entertaining digital toys that keep their children busy on road trips or when they just need to get things done.
However, Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple when the iPad was invented, discouraged his kids' use of the electronic device at home.
This ironic discovery by New York Times journalist Nick Bilton, who interviewed Jobs in 2010, is leading parents to second guess the potential harm technology has on young kids.
Since Bilton's conversation with Jobs, he noticed many executives who work with technology share similar feelings as Jobs when it comes to letting their own children use the technology they are creating.
"My kids accuse me and my wife of being fascists and overly concerned about tech, and they say that none of their friends have the same rules," Chris Anderson, the former editor of Wired and now chief executive of 3D Robotics, a drone maker, told Bilton of his five children, aged between 6 and 17. "That's because we have seen the dangers of technology firsthand. I've seen it in myself; I don't want to see that happen to my kids."
Most parents have varying rules when it comes to their children and electronics. Some limit the time of their children's screen time, others limit where they use it, or what they do when they are on the gadget. Bilton says in his column he notices the rules parents have when it comes to technology often differs depending on the age of the child.
